Help Yourself or a Friend
This section is designed to help you access online resources and self-help books. Some of the resources could be personally helpful to you. Others may be helpful if you are worried about a friend. As there are a lot of links provided, please use the list below to jump to your relevant grouping or feel free to browse at your own pace. None of these are a substitute for therapy or consultation. If you have further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact someone at CAPS by calling 847-491-2151.
Anger Management
This site discusses strategies for how to control anger.
by Albert Ellism, PhD & Raymond Tafrate, PhD
A step-by-step guide with specific techniques to understand your anger with valuable methods for changing your negative reactions. Citadel 2000.
Anxiety and Stress
The ADAA site offers information on the signs and symptoms of anxiety, treatment options, and information on special populations.
The National Institute of Mental Health offers information about signs and symptoms and treatment options related to anxiety.
Books
by Edmund Bourne, PhD
Questionnaires, guides, & exercises are used to help anyone struggling with social phobia, panic attacks, generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and other anxiety disorders. New Harbinger Publishers 2005.
by Dennis Greenberger & Christine Padesky
This book helps you learn how to change the thoughts that contribute to your daily problems, provides mood exercises and questionnaires to help you better understand your feelings, and offers you ways to improve your functioning. Guilford Press 1995.
by Edna B. Foa, PhD and Reid Wilson, PhD.
Offers an introduction to the disorder and provides empirically supported, cognitive-behaviorally based strategies for addressing the disorder. Bantam Publishers 2001.
by Martha Davis
Provides various straightforward and effective strategies for dealing with stress. MJF Books 2003.
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Practical guide to meditation for both beginners and those more advanced in meditation practice. Hachette Books 2005.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
CHADD is the nation's leading non-profit organization serving individuals with ADHD and their families.
Books
by Patricia Quinn
This book offers ideas on how to cope with ADHD in college and beyond. Magination Press 2001.
by Judith Kolberg & Kathleen Nadeau, PhD
Provides organizational skills for life, allowing energy to be focused on strengths, rather than disorder, through the use of humor and compassion. Routledge 2002.
by Edward Hallowell, MD & John Ratey, MD
Provides first hand experiences of both children and adults who struggle with ADD. Touchstone Books 1995.
Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Suicide
The DBSA site offers information on recognizing and treating mood disorders. It also offers helpful links to support services.
The Jed Foundation is committed to suicide prevention at colleges and universities. Their site offers much helpful information on depression and suicide. Their foundation also sponsors the ULifeline web site.
The National Institute of Mental Health offers information about signs, symptoms, and treatment options related to bipolar disorder.
The National Institute of Mental Health offers information about signs, symptoms, and treatment options related to depression.
Books
by David Burns, MD
Outlines suggested techniques for improving mood and relieving depression, anxiety and other mood disor